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No standing

30 Tuesday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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Corona virus, COVID-19, Eric Schmitt, meta, pandemic, trolling

“…Aside from lacking any authority over locally elected boards of education, the Attorney General’s orders did not follow Missouri law and were therefore without legal force or effect. Neither Attorney General Schmitt nor his successor has disavowed the orders, and in fact, the Attorney General continues to insist that school districts lack the very authority granted them under Missouri law…”

Plural.

“…The Attorney General has argued that his letters were standard cease and desist letters that any prospective litigant is free to send as a precursor to litigation. The Court rejects this post-hoc rationalization because it ignores both the tenor and threat of future orders of the letters and the social media posts the Attorney General distributed to amplify them. It also elides the interpretation of the orders the public had of the Attorney General’s authority. The letters were not supported by statute or legal precedent and were subject to misinterpretation of the laws of the State of Missouri. The clear intent of the Attorney General’s letters, particularly in view of his later communications and social media posts, was to leave the School District and the public with the impression he had authority he did not have…”

It’s always too easy.

We don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

An attempted trolling comment submitted today in response to Eric Schmitt (r): losing again (May 30, 2023)

This article is misleading and inaccurate! This happened in one district out of all he sued because they had put a pandemic ordinance in place about changing rules while under the SCAMdemic. You are just campaigning for democrats for those dumb enough to believe you. Y’all need to be held accountable! In fact, I’m gonna call attorneys right now and see if I can sue you personally for misleading me!

Own goal.

Rural party line, rotary dial, or push-button phone? Just asking.

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Eric Schmitt (r) [2022 file photo].

A downward spiral…of pearl clutching

25 Thursday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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bigots, dumbasses, LGBTQIA+, meta, missouri, pearl clutching, Pride Festival, self-righteous, trolling, Warrensburg

It’s always too easy.

We don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

Attempted trolling comments submitted today in response to Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council – April 24, 2023 (April 25, 2023):

Some of us happen to agree this is a detestable event. Evidence was given to City Council exposing the truth of the content of those events.
Do your homework instead of a sales pitch!

Evidence? We were there in 2021 and 2022. How about you?

They tried it again:

Some of us happen to agree this is a detestable event. Evidence was given to City Council exposing the truth of the content of those events.
Do your homework instead of a sales pitch!

Then, another:

Most of us are NOT in support of this kind of behavior and want children protected! PERIOD!!
It’s sad we can’t all agree we need to be on the same page. Which would be that page labeled , Moral. Kudos to those standing up for justice, morals. and the Children.

“Some of us…”? “Most of us…”? Which is it? Get your talking points in order.

With all the respect due to you, take your pages and shove them up your bigoted self-righteous ass.

By the way, the IP address and email address of all comments are attached to the original comment in our blog operating system.

Dumbasses.

Meanwhile, we think we’ll have an ice cold beer or two.

Previously:

Warrensburg Pride Festival – June 26, 2021 (June 26, 2021)

Local busybodies engage in pearl clutching (June 3, 2022)

“I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your Christ.” (June 4, 2022)

Pride Festival – Warrensburg, Missouri – June 4, 2022 (June 4, 2022)

The pearl clutching right wingnut bigots among us (April 19, 2023)

Always the other (April 21, 2023)

Meta – The pearl clutching right wingnut bigots among us (April 22, 2023)

Unified Field Theory of Right Wingnut Pearl Clutching, Self-Righteousness, and Victimhood (April 22, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council – April 24, 2023 (April 25, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council – April 24, 2023 – part 2 (April 26, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 (May 9, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 – part 2 (May 9, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 – part 3 (May 9, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 – part 4 (May 9, 2023)

Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 – part 5 (May 10, 2023)

Living in a self-imposed cultural vacuum (May 10, 2023)

Socialmalism

19 Friday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, social media

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4th Congressional District, former newsreader, Mark Alford, missouri, right wingnut, social media, that ridiculous hat, trolling

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Today:

[image cropped]

Mark Alford Retweeted
[….]
Socialism has NO place in Missouri.

Not now. Not ever.
[….]
11:49 AM · May 19, 2023

Some of the responses:

Define Socialism!

How do you like the Rural Electric Coops?
Or the Republican effort to regulate the sales of Missouri real estate between willing buyers and sellers?
Or the huge loan of State $$ to a private company?

The hammer and sickle is more of a Communist thing, you understand…

Can you please tell me what you mean by this? Can you share any specific examples?

How do you define it? Police, firemen, social security, Medicare? Bailouts for banks? Tax breaks for the wealthiest? Farm subsidies? What country does it right in your opinion? Russia? China? England? Japan?

Stay off our roads then and don’t bother calling the police or fire dept.

Exactly where is Socialism in Missouri? Roads? Police? Fire? Social Security? Medicare? FEMA? Disability? You need to be specific!

In Soviet Missurah, Liberty lies to you.

We see what you did there.

Who’s spreading it? How do I know what to look for.. like you mean more Medicaid coverage? Help me out.

How about fascism?

Define it for us, dingus.
[….]

Bold anti-roads, parks, schools, police, fire and military stance you’ve taken – but you do you

Explain what socialism you’re referring to.

I see a lot of moronic groups, like yours, that are just using buzzwords to stir the base and you’re not using them correctly.

Do share with us all this socialism going down in MO. Is it corporate welfare, tax breaks, subsidies or?

Wait, this seems very familiar.

Oh, yeah, from the republican primary in 2022:

Some right wingnuts with money really hate Rick Brattin (r) (July 25, 2023)

Previously:

Are you certain it wasn’t Rick Brattin (r)? (February 3, 2023)

Living in a self-imposed cultural vacuum

10 Wednesday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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drag, drag show, meta, missouri, popular culture, troll, trolling

The problem is in trying to impose it on everyone else.

It’s always too easy.

We don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

An attempted trolling comment submitted in response to Addressing Bigotry – Warrensburg, Missouri City Council Meeting – May 8, 2023 (May 9, 2023):

Keep these shows out of Missouri

And, evidently, this, too (a small sample):

Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon Some Like it Hot (1959) [film]

Dustin Hoffman Tootsie (1982) [film]

Julie Andrews Victor/Victoria (1982) [film]

Robin Williams Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) [film]

Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) [film]

Nathan Lane The Birdcage (1996) [film]

Eddie Murphy The Nutty Professor (1996) [film]

Chiwetel Ejiofor Kinky Boots (2005) [film]

Tyler Perry Madea… (2002-2020) [film]

Flip Wilson The Flip Wilson Show (1970–1974) [television]

Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari Bosum Buddies (1980-1982) [television]

Martin Lawrence Martin (1992–1997) [television]

Bugs Bunny The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942) [cartoon]

Bugs Bunny A Corny Concerto (1943) [cartoon]

Bugs Bunny Mississippi Hare (1948) [cartoon]

Bugs Bunny Long-Haired Hare (1949) [cartoon]

Bugs Bunny Rabbit Seasoning (1952) [cartoon]

Bugs Bunny Napoleon Bunny-part (1956) [cartoon]

Bugs Bunny What’s Opera Doc? (1957) [cartoon]

Bugs Bunny The Unmentionables (1963) [cartoon]

Ignoranimus.

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As opposed to being a wholly owned subsidiary

07 Sunday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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Clarence Thomas, Ethics, meta, right wingnut, troll, trolling, U.S. Supreme Court

In the news:

…In two separate copyright infringement cases concerning the publishing conglomerate Penguin Random House, the high court declined to take up the appeals, with the court saying in 2013 that it wouldn’t hear the first case, and the second case being turned away from the court in 2019 and again in 2020. In both cases, the publisher won at the lower court level, and those decisions stood.

Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who joined the court in 2009 and has been paid millions of dollars from the publisher over the years, declined to recuse herself in all three instances.

Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, who joined the court in 2017 and also has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in book deals with the publisher, declined to disqualify himself from the more recent case when it came before the court for consideration…

…the federal law concerning recusal has long been interpreted as applying to stock ownership on the part of the justice or a close family member…

…Breyer, who retired in 2022, likely recused himself from the cases because he owns stock in a company that for a time had a large stake in Penguin…

Roth, whose group has for years kept track of instances in which justices should have recused themselves from a case, said he could not point to other examples where a justice should have disqualified him or herself from a case concerning their book publisher.

Roth noted that Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson also have books in the works….

Too easy.

As always, we don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

We’ve been getting more attempted trolling comments submitted in response to Eric Schmitt (r) has serious concerns about the financial dealings of Clarence Thom…oh, wait (May 5, 2023):

And surprise, surprise now we see Sotomeyer has received millions from Random House and refused to recuse herself in their cases! I say so what these Justices haven’t changed the way they would vote on any of these cases! Now if she suddenly voted conservative I would be like wow!

You left out Neil Gorsuch (r). How convenient.

Book contracts and royalties, reported on disclosure forms, or unreported vacations, travel, school tuition, to name just a few, provided by a billionaire. If you’ve got a concern with the former, you should definitely have a serious problem with the latter.

“…Now if she suddenly voted conservative I would be like wow!” As opposed to making a decision based on the law and the merits of the case.

Too easy.

Previously:

Fishing or orchestral? (May 7, 2023)

Fishing or orchestral?

07 Sunday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Eric Schmitt, meta, US Senate

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Eric Schmitt, Fascist pig, meta, missouri, right wingnut, troll, trolling

It’s hard to tell.

Bassists can be really into bassism.

Too easy.

As always, we don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

We’ve been getting more attempted trolling comments submitted in response to Eric Schmitt (r) has serious concerns about the financial dealings of Clarence Thom…oh, wait (May 5, 2023):

You’ve got to be kidding! All of you. Sorry to tell you this but corruption permeates our government at all levels. Democrat, Republican, all skunks – the bassist opportunist to say they’re out to help us but enrich themselves. Go into elected public service and you will come out a millionaire just like Clinton, Obama, and Biden.

Jared got a $2,000.000.000.00 investment deal. Curiously, you didn’t mention that. So much for non-partisan, eh?

If “corruption permeates our government at all levels” as you assert, the subject of the post alone definitely indicates we’re not kidding.

All of who?

Millionaires? Name them. All of them.

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Does your mother know you use those kinds of words?

01 Monday May 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, meta

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Mark Alford, meta, missouri, right wingnut, social media, troll, trolling

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

Too easy.

As always, we don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

Today we got another attempted trolling comment submitted in response to Elect Mark Alford (r), expect a circus (April 26, 2023), ostensibly in support of the congressman. The subject of Mark Alford (r) does bring out their best work:

Is this space only for woke Communists? I noticed that all of the comments were from dumb o crats . Fuck you all.

Communists? That’s seriously old school, like high button shoes. Mixing it with “woke” just doesn’t work from a generational perspective.

By the way, the IP address and email address of all comments are attached to the original comment in our blog operating system.

Previously:

Unified Theory of Right Wingnut Pearl Clutching, Self-Righteousness, and Victimhood (April 22, 2023)

Being self-righteous isn’t ever a good look, no matter how much you pray that it is (April 28, 2023)

Yet you still come here for the water (April 29, 2023)

Yet you still come here for the water

29 Saturday Apr 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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4th Congressional District, Mark Alford, meta, right wingnut, right wingnuts, troll, trolling

This is still too easy.

As always, we don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

Yesterday we got another attempted trolling comment submitted in response to Elect Mark Alford (r), expect a circus (April 26, 2023), ostensibly in support of the congressman. The subject of Mark Alford (r) does bring out their best work:

The writer of this, stupid and dumb article is obvious a partisan writer. This person needs to be put out of the writers circle. It takes more than a good speller and grammar to make a good reporter. It takes ethics

Writer’s circle? Is that like a union, or something?

Curiously, good spelling and grammar are essential elements when it comes to literary criticism, online or not.

Ethics? It’s way past time to convene a blogger ethics panel. [I am aware of all Internet traditions.]

The Dunning-Krueger Effect demonstrated in 3.7 sentences. A new world record.

“…The writer of this, stupid and dumb article is obvious a partisan writer…” Sleeping in class really paid off there. Obviously.

By the way, the IP address and email address of all comments are attached to the original comment in our blog operating system.

Previously:

What gives you the mistaken impression that we give a fuck about what you think? Part the infinity… (November 21, 2022)

Unified Theory of Right Wingnut Pearl Clutching, Self-Righteousness, and Victimhood (April 22, 2023)

Being self-righteous isn’t ever a good look, no matter how much you pray that it is (April 28, 2023)

Being self-righteous isn’t ever a good look, no matter how much you pray that it is

28 Friday Apr 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in Congress, Mark Alford, meta, social media

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meta, right wingnut, sanctimonious, self-righteous, troll, trolling

Mark Alford (r) [2022 file photo].

This is just too easy.

As always, we don’t allow ignorant comments out of moderation to be linked with the original post, but we will present some of them in subsequent posts for the purpose of public derision and mockery. As we see fit.

We see fit.

This morning we got an attempted trolling comment submitted in response to Elect Mark Alford (r), expect a circus (April 26, 2023), ostensibly in support of the congressman, or something:

It sounds to me like all of these comments come from democrats, go figure, a group of ungodly, people

Bless your tiny sanctimonious heart.

Oh, and go fuck yourself.

By the way, the IP address and email address of all comments are attached to the original comment in our blog operating system.

Previously:

What gives you the mistaken impression that we give a fuck about what you think? Part the infinity… (November 21, 2022)

Unified Theory of Right Wingnut Pearl Clutching, Self-Righteousness, and Victimhood (April 22, 2023)

And ye shall know them by their misspellings, bad grammar, and malapropisms

13 Monday Mar 2023

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta

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cult of the lost cause, cult of the victim, MAGA, meta, right wingnut, trolling

From time to time right wingnut concern trolls try to leave comments here. Our system defaults to automatic moderation – that is, comments have to be approved. We don’t allow such comments to be linked to the original post, but on occasion, when we see fit, we’ll mock these attempts.

We see fit.

A submitted comment:

Wow. Scientology is just guessing. Our native American Brothers an sisters already ready proved what’s going on with the climate. And spending billions of taxpayers dollars isn’t going to fix it. But that’s what democrats do. Biden has run this country into the ground and just about everyone here calls Republicans a cult. He’s done absolutely nothing for this country but sale us out. Atleast we still had a country under Trump. He didn’t kiss the queers ass and wasn’t letting every illegal immigrant in this country for taxpayers to pay for. Democrats have got to be the dumbest people on the planet. To believe all the horse shit Biden is putting out. You should be ashamed. And the democrats are only going after trump so hard because they know what will happen if a republican gets president The Clinton’s an Obamas and don’t forget Biden and the other geriatric fuck. Pelosi. They should be executed for the treason. But you idiots keep blowing off steam. It makes you feel better knowing your part of this countries problem. When the lines are done being made. Then we will fix this problem. An by the way. My sources aren’t fabricated internet bullshit. I worked for this ridiculous government for almost 8 years.

“…Scientology is just guessing….”

Then, it hit us. Our commenting troll was upset about some responses to Eric Schmitt’s (r) social media post which were quoted in Every right wingnut republican accusation is actually a confession, Eric (r). (March 11, 2023):

Did you fail all of your science classes?

[….]

No, it is science. A lot of citizens still believe in science. I wish you did.

[….]

Yeah sure, scientific facts and current extreme weather are just not a problem.

[….]

You’re right Eric, I trust you over the worlds leading scientists on this subject… [….]

[….]

It’s the cultists who cannot differentiate science from the occult.

You get the picture.

We’re doomed.

“…Atleast we still had a country under Trump. He didn’t kiss the queers ass…”

Where do you stand on drag shows? Just asking.

“…It makes you feel better knowing your part of this countries problem…”

Correct and resubmit.

“…I worked for this ridiculous government for almost 8 years.”

So, your participation helped create the problem that appears to upset you? How does that work?

“…When the lines are done being made. Then we will fix this problem…”

Are you sure you’re ready for lines?

By the way, the IP address and email address of all comments are attached to the original comment in our blog operating system.

Previously:

What gives you the mistaken impression that we give a fuck about what you think? (October 8, 2022)

What gives you the mistaken impression that we give a fuck about what you think? Part the infinity… (November 21, 2022)

Because, like, you know, Missouri is a fucking libertarian paradise (March 4, 2023)

You had to come here to read it (March 5, 2023)

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